Word: respective
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...life Edward has been destined to be a king-and the dawn of 1936 saw that destiny fulfilled. Popular throughout the world as the Prince of Wales, he has become even more popular as King Edward, and has won the admiration and respect of his subjects...
...outspoken he often exasperated Napoleon, Caulaincourt had opposed the war with Russia, refused to flatter his Emperor, so that, although the Corsican tormented his General, Napoleon also had a nervous desire for his praise and a respect for his honesty. This feeling deepened as Napoleon went down, until on the night of his attempted suicide he poured out his story to Caulaincourt alone while the sweat broke out on his sunken features and he waited for the poison to take effect. The poison was opium, belladonna and white hellebore. Napoleon's stomach rejected it and in place...
ORIGINALLY written for those outside the trade, this little "attempt at a rationale of book-typography" has reached a position of respect among eminent practicing printers. In 29 pages Mr. Morison lays down the laws of typography with consummate skill. For the layman the chief delight of his essay is in its effective demolition of the school of so-called "fine printing" Mr. Morison fulminates so beautifully against tricky type-fonts, odd proportions of type and page, misplaced color and the rough edges of handmade paper that it is reasonable to assume any journeyman reader of his remarks will think...
Students apparently respect classrooms and the feelings of instructors as a rule, for Sever's tiled ground floor is liberally bedaubed each day with wads discarded upon entrance. Chicle gum is dried balata juice, which comes from the South American Sapodilla tree, and College caretakers are unanimous in consigning the stuff to perdition...
With a system already in successful operation, the various house committees would do well to begin revision of their own methods along these lines. House funds undeniably play a large and growing part in the efficient workings of the house system, and a united front in this respect would do much to alleviate the confusion and uncertainty which is so prevalent today...